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"The Intersection Of Healthcare And Technology: Reflections And Impact From My Netsmart Internship”, Jacob Anderson

Finance Undergraduate Honors Theses

Internships provide valuable opportunities for students to gain hands-on experience in their field of study. As a Solution Delivery Analyst intern at Netsmart, a healthcare technology company, I had the opportunity to work in the human services and post-acute care sector. During my internship, I shadowed the development and implementation of innovative technology solutions aimed at improving patient outcomes and increasing efficiency in healthcare delivery. I will provide a comprehensive overview of my internship experience as a Solution Delivery Analyst at Netsmart. I will discuss a project and tasks that I worked on during my internship, including learning about software …

Does Cultural Immersion Around The World Create Stronger Students? A Study Of The Benefits Of Studying Abroad On Students’ Mental Health And Wellbeing., Hanna Lynn Strombom

Finance Undergraduate Honors Theses

Mental illnesses have been increasing throughout the population of the United States. College-aged students are being affected by mental illnesses at alarming rates. This is a pivotal age range for people as they transition towards more adult responsibilities. Universities provide its students a lot of opportunities to prepare them for the real-world. One of these opportunities that has become popular amongst students is studying abroad. This research focuses on the effects of study abroad on students’ mental health and wellbeing. 104 students from the summer 2022 CIMBA study abroad program participated in this study. This set of respondents encompassed ten …

Cost Of Capitol: Analyzing Congressional Insider Trading Regulation, Hannah Levy

Finance Undergraduate Honors Theses

The United States Congress has involved itself with the financial regulation of big business for decades. The legislative body has passed a multitude of laws over time which foster greater transparency and trust between individual investors and big business. Until recently, legislators have avoided passing laws which regulate their own financial activity. Recent investigations revealing that dozens of federal lawmakers have violated financial disclosure laws and made stock trades on insider information has successfully angered the public and forced Congress to consider tighter restrictions. But can Americans trust their legislators to effectively regulate themselves? If no legislative action is taken, …

Early Life Stress Predicts Future Conduct Disorder In Adolescents, Savannah Ellis

Biological Sciences Undergraduate Honors Theses

Early Life Stress (ELS) and adversity increase people’s risk for developing mental, social, or emotional dysregulation and disorders later in life. The objective of this study was to test whether ELS in adolescents could prospectively predict future conduct disorder. The study additionally tested potential neural mediators of the effect of ELS on future conduct disorder, and specifically targeted the structural connections from the anterior insula and medial prefrontal cortex to the Nucleus Accumbens (NAcc). Data for the project came from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study (ABCD study), which is a longitudinal multi-site consortium funded by the National Institutes of …

Disability Justice In Higher Education: The Lived Experiences Of Disabled White Women Disability Services Directors, Emily Gaspar

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Eight disabled white women disability services directors shared their experiences working in disability services in higher education. The ten principles of disability justice provided the framework for this interpretative phenomenological analysis. Individual interviews were used to gain an understanding of the lived experiences of the participants with specific focus on disability identity of the professionals working in disability services and how their identities inform their campus experiences, along with how their intersectional identities inform their disability identity. Participants were found to experience ableism and oppression, a broad spectrum of relationships, disability solidarity, disability disclosure, identity hierarchy, disability management and coping …

Journal Of Food Law & Policy - Spring 2023, Journal Editors

Journal of Food Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

A Mixed Methods Study Of The Literacy Motivation Of Students With Intellectual Disability Labels, Hayley Jordan Hoover

All Dissertations

The purpose of this mixed methods study was to explore the literacy motivation of individuals with intellectual disability labels and to develop an instrument that will support teachers in understanding their students’ literacy motivations. This participatory social justice approach was conducted through the lens of Situated Expectancy Value Theory (SEVT; Eccles & Wigfield, 2020) and Disability Studies in Education (DSE; Connor et al., 2008). The target population of this research was students with an intellectual disability label and their teachers. The research occurred in three phases.

In the first phase of the research, student interviews were conducted to explore what …

The Underrepresentation Of African American Students In Ap And Honors Courses In Wilks County School District, Ivy Collins Palmer

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Across the nation, research has shown that in an Advanced Placement (AP) class almost anywhere in the United States, it is likely to have the same phenomenon: a class made up primarily of white, middle- and upper-class students (Jeffries & Silvernail, 2017). Limited access to rigorous coursework for students from low socioeconomic households and minority groups can affect the number of minorities who matriculate to top research universities (Baylor, 2016). Access to AP and honors courses opens up new opportunities for students and pushes them toward success and future aspirations (McCauley, 2007). The problem is the African American (AA) population …

Reviving Local Journalism And Storytelling: Reporting On The "Oc Weekly", Lauren E. Montoya

Whittier Scholars Program

In an effort to reflect the importance of local journalism, the following project is a narrative piece reporting on the closure of the OC Weekly, an alternative news source that ended in 2019, which was hardly reported on. This project aims to change that by further demonstrating the severe impact on communities in which these meaningful sources of news disappear, and why they matter. It calls on people to advocate for and change transform journalism into more than corporate-centered news that too often disregards the critical aspect of storytelling. Storytelling brings communities together and is the life of journalism, …

The Relationship Between County-Level Rates Of Obstetric Care Providers And Rates Of Preterm Births In Rural And Urban Counties., Toni-Ann Samuels

2023 Spring Honors Capstone Projects - Archive

Preterm births have been rising in the United States. Texas rural hospital closures are rising, which could contribute to fewer OB-GYNs and poorer birth outcomes. The purpose of the research was to determine correlations between OB-GYNs and preterm births in rural and urban Texas counties using secondary data from the Area Health Resources Files. The design was cross-sectional, descriptive, and correlational. There was a moderate, statistically significant correlation between preterm births and OB-GYNs in both rural (n=115, rs= 0.53, p=<0.0001) and urban (n=72, rs= 0.73, p=<0.0001) counties. On average, there was 1 OB-GYN per 10,000 female population aged 15-44 in rural counties compared to 3 OB-GYNs per 10,000 in urban counties. Given that more urban OB-GYNs are available, further research is needed to understand factors influencing where rural women deliver babies (rural or urban hospitals), and how factors contribute to preterm birth differences among women residing in rural and urban areas

The Role Of Disclosure In Defi Markets: Evidence From Twitter, Amanda Aw Yong

Dissertations and Theses Collection (Open Access)

Decentralized Finance (DeFi) platforms use self-executing smart contracts to provide financial services and are programmed to automatically post all transactions on the public blockchain. Notwithstanding this public availability of blockchain information, DeFi platforms also aggregate these transactions and disclose the summarized blockchain information on their Twitter accounts. This paper studies whether and how voluntary disclosure of blockchain information plays a role in the transparent DeFi market. I find that the number of blockchain-related tweets is associated both with an increase in the platform’s Total Value Locked (TVL) and with an increase in the unique number of platform users. The relationship …

Leer Para Triunfar: An Action Research Evaluating The Effects Of Parent Involvement In Reading Proficiency Of Third-Grade Ells, Susana Díaz Hernández, Dominique Roche Rendón

Graduate Student Dissertations, Theses, Capstones, and Portfolios

Numerous studies have shown that, on average, English Language Learners underperform academically compared to non-ELLs, and that the achievement gap tends to increase as students move on to upper-grade levels; only 29.5% of all third-grade ELLs in Alpha County were reading at grade level in the fiscal year 2021-2022. This pre-experimental action research aimed to examine whether the parent involvement program “Leer para Triunfar” had any significant differences in third-grade ELLs’ Winter Progress Monitoring Assessment reading test scores, and in parents’ perceptions about parent involvement, before and after the intervention. This study utilized descriptive and inferential statistical protocols to address …

Perceptions Of Parents And School Educators On English Language Learner Education In Florida Targeting The Graduation 13-Year Rule, Ailyn Barrios Forte

Graduate Student Dissertations, Theses, Capstones, and Portfolios

The purpose of this investigation was to determine the Perceptions of Parents and School Educators on English Language Learner Education in Florida Targeting the Graduation 13-Year Rule. There is a consistent trend of English Language Learners (ELL) in the United States lagging the total student graduation rate for public high school students in a four-year adjusted cohort. “Federal regulations require each state to calculate a four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate” (Florida Department of Education, 2022b. p. 1). A cohort is defined as a group of students on the same schedule to graduate within four years of their first enrollment in …

Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Comparing Integrated And Malaria-Only Social And Behavior Change Programming In Nigeria: Final Report, Avenir Health

Sexual and Reproductive Health, Rights, and Choices

In Nigeria, the Breakthrough ACTION project, funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)/Nigeria, is working closely with the Nigerian government to improve the practice of priority health behaviors, with a focus on maternal, newborn and child health and nutrition, family planning and reproductive health, malaria, and tuberculosis. Within the broader program, Breakthrough ACTION uses different social and behavior change (SBC) approaches in different states. In northern Nigeria, Breakthrough RESEARCH compared the cost-effectiveness of the integrated SBC approach addressing multiple health areas in Kebbi and Sokoto states to a malaria-only approach in Zamfara. This cost-effectiveness study examined whether …

Cost-Effectiveness Analysis For Integrated Social And Behavior Change Programming By The Resilience In The Sahel Enhanced Ii Program In The Maradi And Zinder Regions Of Niger, Avenir Health

Sexual and Reproductive Health, Rights, and Choices

In March 2020, Breakthrough RESEARCH began applying their Guidelines for Costing Social and Behavior Change Health Interventions to the Resilience in the Sahel (RISE) II program in Niger for a cost-effectiveness analysis that will run until 2022. The purpose of this document is to share the findings of the application of the guidelines and provide an example and guidance for social and behavior change researchers and implementers on how these guidelines can be applied to other case study applications.

How Donald Trump And The 2016 Presidential Election Eclipsed Frank Underwood’S Election In ‘House Of Cards’, Charna Flam

Film and Media Studies (MA) Theses

In 2016, the U.S. faced a seismic change in national politics and the evolution of the entertainment industry. As the rise of streaming services had finally hit its stride, Netflix, the industry disruptor, had released a steady stream of critically acclaimed series, most notably beginning with the platform’s first original program, House of Cards. The series’ main character, Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey) would become a fixture within the television landscape at the time, as both political dramas and anti-hero series were at all-time high, but what the writers of House of Cards did not expect was how their plotlines would …

Examining Political Discourse On Online 8kun And Reddit Forums, Braden Mindrum

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

A recent example of political violence in the United States was that of the January 6, 2021, Capitol attack in connection with the certification of Joseph R. Biden’s victory over Donald J. Trump in the 2020 US presidential election. This thesis analyzes the events of January 6, 2021, through the lens of social media discourse. This thesis presents a workflow that acquired over 5 million 8kun and Reddit posts from various apolitical and political forums in the three months preceding and following the Capitol attack on January 6, 2021. Techniques from text analysis are then used to group forums according …

A Mixed Methods Study On Urban Educators’ Feelings Of Preparedness To Implement Practices That Impact Social And Emotional Learning In A Mid-Pandemic Environment, Emily Dittmer

Dissertations

The purpose of the mixed methods study was to evaluate urban educators’ perceptions of their preparedness to implement social and emotional learning strategies in their classrooms/workspaces as well as to understand what the educators’ experiences were as their students returned to a five day a week school schedule after a year and a half of disruptions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Those involved in the study included educators from four K-8 public charter schools located in an urban Midwestern environment. Quantitative data was obtained through the administration of two identical surveys that were completed by volunteer participants at two different …

Microbiome Recovery Of The Upper Clark Fork River Restoration Site, Danella Stapley

Graduate Theses & Non-Theses

Soil microorganisms provide ecosystem functions and services critical for life, can have lasting effects on aboveground plant communities, and can serve as indicators of soil quality. However, biotic indicators are underrepresented in soil health assessments. Incorporating microbial soil evaluations in ecological restoration studies are important in order to obtain a more comprehensive understanding about their role in healthy soil development. In this study, we used three bioindicators to assess the post-restoration soil microbiome recovery of the Upper Clark Fork River: extracellular soil enzyme activity, microbial biomass, and microbiome community and diversity. We found that microbiome recovery rate varied at different …

Water Tower Inspections, Jake Davis, Kris Bodie, Jared Higham

2023 Spring Reports (Marshall, IL)

The ability to inspect the infrastructure of a nation or state is of the utmost importance in the modern day. The regulation of work and infrastructure has required the ability to perform quality inspections more necessary, however the inspection of the infrastructure must be safe. This has increased the demand for remote options for inspection of objects such as water towers which require the inspectors to climb heights of up to two hundred feet and traverse a low friction surface. This hazard is ultimately unavoidable, but it is capable of being mitigated through the use of unmanned aerial vehicles to …

Utility Of A Prompting Protocol For Occupational Therapy Evaluation Of Functional Life Skills, Kira Deveau Mot, Otr/L

Student Scholarship

Occupational therapists (OTs) conduct evaluations to establish need for services, determine areas of strength, and define areas of need when working with pediatric clients with diagnoses of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) or intellectual disability (ID). Occupational therapy (OT) evaluation for clients with ASD and ID often focuses on performance of functional skills or skills foundational to the performance of functional tasks. The goal of OT evaluation is to gather specific and accurate data regarding client abilities to support goal setting, treatment planning, and progress monitoring. This capstone research project explored the utility of task-specific prompting protocols for impacting the useability, …

Refigured: Separations In Portraiture, Caroline Myers

All Theses

Utilizing traditional painting techniques embedded with digital syntaxes, Refigured: Separations in Portraiture, serves as a catalog of my experiences with communication in a hyperconnected world. Processing illegible information caused by my hearing loss informs the process of imposing similar boundaries within my paintings. Like a technical glitch, these obstructions create an illegible visual experience, with evidence of my process remaining as a clue for the viewer’s understanding of the image.

Though personal in nature, I expand from my experience with auditory communication to employ pertinent explorations into the sustained unpredictability of today’s ever-expanding medium that is technology. My paintings …

2022 Gettysburg College Textbook Survey Full Report, Mary R. Elmquist, Janelle Wertzberger

All Musselman Library Staff Works

In Fall 2022, Musselman Library conducted its second course materials survey, this time in collaboration with 10 other liberal arts colleges from around the country. This report compiles the results from Gettysburg College participants' responses. Comparisons are also made to the results from Gettysburg's 2019 survey and the larger group of colleges.

Factors Associated With Depressive Symptoms In Patients With Benign Prostatic Enlargement, Husni Abdalla, Jasmit Shah, Tabitha A.N. Nyanja, Jacob Shabani

Family Medicine, East Africa

Background: Depression is a common condition that may lead to suicide at its worst. It is considered one of the primary causes of morbidity globally. Among the urological causes of depression is benign prostatic enlargement (BPE).

Aim: To determine the prevalence and factors associated with depressive symptoms among BPE patients.

Setting: This study was conducted in the Urology and Family Medicine Clinic at the Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi and Urology clinic at the Aga Khan Hospital Mombasa.

Methods: The study was a cross-sectional design recruiting 308 males above the age of 40. Patient Health Questionnaire-9 …

Transforming The Volunteer Experience In The Social Service Sector, Dalvin Sidhu, Weng Lin Ng, Thilanga Dilum Wewalaarachchi

Lien Centre for Social Innovation: Research

Transforming the Volunteer Experience in the Social Service Sector is the first analysis report of its kind that focuses on investigating and enhancing volunteerism in Singapore. Through the perspectives of volunteers and volunteer managers via surveys and in-depth interviews, this report reveals a framework depicting five key features that contribute towards a quality volunteering experience. The study also makes recommendations on the actionable steps and strategies that Social Service Agencies can adopt to engage their volunteers more strategically, so that they can play a more significant role in delivering enhanced quality services to service users.

Behind The Design, Natalia C. Smith

Honors Theses

Higher education is a place of learning and such a space requires the optimal design for a learning setting. While classrooms are an important space for learning in higher education, they are not the only place, where learning occurs on campuses. These spaces outside of the classroom are referred to in ways such as “private study areas”, “writing centers,” and “third spaces”, but in this paper, these spaces are referred to as informal study spaces. These spaces are identified as any space, outside of a formal classroom setting, where students regularly congregate for academic purposes. Eastern Kentucky University (EKU) has …

Spring 2023, Georgia Library Quarterly

Georgia Library Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Qualitative Insights From Physical And Mental Health Providers In Pediatric Integrated Health Care Settings, Nikolaus Schuetz

Research at Children's Mercy Month 2023

Background:

It is widely accepted that the mind and the body are connected, so it is critical to better understand the connection in order to improve the healing process, quality of care, and well-being. Integrated care is associated with improved patient outcomes and is well-positioned to address conditions with known comorbidities (such as chronic health conditions and depression/anxiety), serve people who use primary health care providers for mental health needs (especially racial/ethnic minorities), and address the impact mental health can have on physical health trajectories and outcomes. However, there is disagreement regarding how to best combine treatments. There are more …

Shared In Rare: Engaging Stakeholders To Develop A Shared Elsi Research Agenda Across Rare Diseases, Courtney D. Berrios, Jeremy R. Garrett, Linda Jones, Nancy Petersen, Meghan Strenk, Rare Voices Advisory Group

Research at Children's Mercy Month 2023

Research on individual rare diseases presents challenges such as small sample sizes and limited funding sources, while research efforts spanning across rare diseases present difficulty in applying outcome measures to conditions with variable manifestations. Common experiences in rare disease (extended diagnostic odyssey, chronic conditions, need for advocacy, and challenges finding and managing multi-specialty care) create shared ethical, legal, and social issues (ELSI). Shared in Rare is a stakeholder engagement project to leverage the shared experiences of patients and families impacted by rare disease to develop an ELSI research agenda that is both applicable across rare diseases and guided by patient …

Aclp - Comments To Ntia Re Digital Equity Act Grants Programs - May 2023, New York Law School

Reports and Resources

No abstract provided.